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    Cottage at the crossroads

    Garden to Table

    Learn how to grow vegetables like tomatoes and cucumbers, can and preserve high-quality ingredients from your garden, and make delicious recipes all year round.

    • Setting up a gardening journal
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds
    • Discbound notebook
      Discbound Notebooks (My New Love)

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      Perfect Your Enchiladas With This Homemade Canned Sauce Recipe
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      Spice Things Up With This Delicious Homemade Canned Salsa
    • How to can whole tomatoes square 2
      Canned Whole Tomatoes the Easy Way: A Step-by-Step Tutorial
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      Cucumber Sandwich Spread
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      Cucumber Salad

    Gardening

    There is no better time to start gardening, growing your own tomatoes, and planting cucumbers in raised beds. The rewards are fantastic!

    • Celebrity tomatoes in cages
      How to Grow Your Own Tomatoes
    • Garden1
      Planting a Spring Garden
    • Our top picks of tomato varieties
      Choosing the Best Tomato Plants
    • Soil test bags
      After the Soil Test, What Next?
    more gardening

    Canning

    Canning is one of the easiest methods to preserve large amounts of food. Imagine having 100 jars of homemade canned spaghetti sauce on hand.

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      Homemade Canned Spaghetti Sauce
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      Sweet Cucumber Relish
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      Zesty Bread 'n Butter Pickles
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      Homemade Spicy Pickled Okra
    more canning recipes

    Recipes

    A collection of farmhouse recipes gathered and perfected over 3 generations. Fresh ingredients from our garden inspire these fantastic recipes!

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      Mom's Beef Pot Roast
    • Grated sweet potato pudding square
      Grated Sweet Potato Pudding
    • Creamy cauliflower soup square
      Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Sausage
    • Root beer pulled pork square
      Pulled Pork with Root Beer BBQ Sauce
    more recipes

    Do It Yourself

    Do it yourself projects are popular around our cottage. I always work on crafts and wreaths, while my husband works on yard and garden projects.

    • How to make a rag wreath
      How to Make a Rag Wreath
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      Easy to Make Fabric Hearts
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Freezer skirt
      How to Disguise a Chest Freezer
    more diy projects

    Jane @ cottage at the crossroads

    We're Jane and Leo!

    Thanks for stopping by! We're renovating and preserving our family's 100 year old home place where we garden, complete a few DIY projects, and do some cooking. Please leave us a comment so that we'll know that you were here.

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    • Setting up a gardening journal
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
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      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds

    Gardening How-tos

    • Best way to remove weeds from large area
      Best Ways To Remove Weeds From a Large Area
    • Potting mix vs. Potting soil
      Potting Mix vs. Potting Soil
    • How to dry and store fresh garden herbs
      How To Dry Herbs
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      Instant Pot Canning Basics

    Growing Vegetables

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      Our Fall Vegetable Garden
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      Evolution of a Garden
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      Growing Lettuce in Containers
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      White Pumpkin Update

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    Jane @ Cottage at the Crossroads

    We're Jane and Leo!

    Thanks for stopping by! We're renovating and preserving our family's 100 year old home place where we garden, complete a few DIY projects, and do some cooking. Please leave us a comment so that we'll know that you were here.

    about →

    Reader Favorites

    • Setting up a gardening journal
      How to Set Up a Garden Journal
    • Wooden garden obelisks
      DIY Wooden Garden Obelisk
    • Sweet cucumber relish featured
      Sweet Cucumber Relish
    • Cucumbers in raised beds
      Growing Cucumbers in Raised Beds

    Gardening How-tos

    • Growing tomatoes from seed to garden
      Growing Tomatoes From Seed To Garden
    • Best cucumber companion plants
      Best Cucumber Companion Plants Reviewed
    • Bee on flower in vegetable garden
      The Benefit of Flowers in a Vegetable Garden
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      How Gardeners Can Help Prevent the Spread of Invasive Pests

    Growing Vegetables

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      White Pumpkins for Fall, Anyone?
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      Vegetable Garden Tour
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      Planting Red Potatoes and Early Peas
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      Fall Garden Update

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